In Apple Valley, Washington, friends are always near, neighbors have no secrets — even if they’d like to — and long-held wishes have a way of coming true…
Interior designer Tessa McKenzie has built a good life far from her Washington hometown. She intends to get back to it — as soon as she sells the cluttered Victorian house and antiques shop she inherited from her sister, Emily. But leaving … leaving Apple Valley a second time won’t be so easy. There’s her grieving nephew, Alex, to consider. And there’s Sheriff Cade Cunningham, the adolescent crush who could easily break her heart again if she let him.
To Cade, Tessa was simply his high school sweetheart’s kid sister. But now there’s no denying she’s a beautiful and caring grown woman, one he’d like to get to know. Except that Tessa is determined to leave again. If Cade wants to change her mind, he’ll have to show her that small-town life has its lovable side — and that he does too. Most of all, he’ll have to convince Tess they’re good together, and that every step has led her right where she was always meant to be…
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I really like this it is a heartwarming humorous story of going back home. The tragic death of her sister and brother-in-law gave Tess the gift of Alex (her Autistic nephew) and an antique shop filled with junk. Tess has to move back home for Alex which means dealing with her roommate and aunt Gertrude. She works to get the antique shop up and …
This was a good, small-town, friends to lovers story. Ten years earlier, Tessa left her small town to escape the memories of her childhood, and to stop cleaning up the messes her older sister created. She built a good life and a successful career as an interior designer on the east coast. When her sister and brother in law died in a car accident, …